Black Widows Series: Martha Needle
Female Criminals26 Juni 2020

Black Widows Series: Martha Needle

This episode is part of our “Black Widows” series, where we detail how these female criminals lured their prey, and why they chose to kill. Tune every day this month for a new episode! Regular Female Criminals episodes will continue to run every Wednesday. Today, we’re discussing Martha Needle, who discovered early on in life that an arsenic product called “Rough on Rats!” also had a deadly effect on people... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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